VMS Stability Question

Locust wrote on 4/29/2012, 1:30 AM
Hello,

I (regretfully) purchased Vegas Movie Studio 9 way back when, only to find out it couldn't render AVCHD 1920x1080 movies of any real length without crashing. VMS 10 came out but apparently didn't really solve this problem.

Can VMS 11 properly handle exporting projects to 1920x1080 (preferrably 24p to match my NEX-5N), or does it stlil die a horrible death when attempting to do anything?

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vkmast wrote on 4/29/2012, 1:40 AM
Locust,
maybe you should download the free 15-day trial of VMS Platinum 11 (just recently updated to build 322) to test it yourself.
I for one use it rather successfully for my needs, but like they say, your mileage may vary of course.
Sykes wrote on 4/29/2012, 3:11 AM
I didn't have much problems with 9. VMS10 was a bit iffy, but nonetheless both handled ACVHD 1920x1080 contents fine. I am using 11 now and it seemed to be the best and most stable compared to both previous versions.
Markk655 wrote on 4/29/2012, 7:34 AM
+1 for download the trial and test. I routinely use AVCHD video from my Nex-5 (no N) without issue.
D7K wrote on 4/29/2012, 10:59 AM
What kind of computer system do you have?

It makes a very big difference.
Locust wrote on 4/29/2012, 11:04 AM
My system has Windows 7 64-bit and 12 Gigs of RAM... I think I remember that being the problem: on 32-bit systems Vegas didn't have any issues, but it couldn't handle being run under 64-bit Windows without crashing and throwing a fit, unless one hacked the .exe to allow it to use more memory.
vkmast wrote on 4/29/2012, 11:17 AM
Notable fixes/changes in version 11.0 (Build 283)
Locust wrote on 4/29/2012, 12:08 PM
I installed the trial and I'm rendering a simple 24 minute project. 30% so far and no crashes, so it already looks better than VMS 9 & 10...
Locust wrote on 5/4/2012, 7:15 AM
After fiddling with it for a bit and trying to get VMS to output in the format I wanted it to (1920x1080 24p @ 24 megabit/s AVCHD, same as input), the end result was a movie that only played for a few seconds then went horribly out of sync. (Also, when I created new rendering profiles (minor tweaks from old ones), VMS would suddenly decide that it didn't want to offer me that choice and then hide my new profile. Great!)

It's too bad I can't get VMS 11 to do what I want it to do. I really enjoyed using VMS 9 as a video editor. Exporting was always horrible, because in the end I had to render video separate from audio and MUX them together using some freeware from the Internet. Looks like that hasn't really changed.